Table and table connector system
a technology for connecting systems and tables, applied in the direction of fastening means, sectional furniture, domestic applications, etc., can solve the problems of difficult positioning and retaining adjacent tables, shift out of configuration, time and labor intensive to set out tables as desired, etc., and achieve the effect of preventing the withdrawal of the male member
Active Publication Date: 2019-12-17
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Where a number of adjacent tables are required in a particular configuration, it can be time and labour intensive to set out the tables as desired.
Once the tables are set out, they may shift out of configuration as a result of being inadvertently bumped or moved during use.
It can be difficult to position and retain adjacent tables with their edges close enough that they can serve together as a continuous table top surface.
If there are gaps between the edges of adjacent tables then items may fall through or become jammed in the gaps.
Such discontinuities can be inconvenient where a substantially flat surface is required, for example if the intention is to set drinking cups or glasses along the adjacent tables, or to create an artwork on a piece of paper spread across the adjacent tables.
Again, this exercise can be time and labour intensive, and the tables can take up a considerable amount of storage space even when they are packed away.
However such folding legs can be rickety and unstable when deployed to support the table.
There may also be a risk of a user having his / her fingers and hands pinched or jammed while manipulating the folding legs to deploy them or fold them up.
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[0104]In some embodiments there is a connecting system for removably engaging at least a first and a second table top 1, 2. The connecting system allows adjacent table tops to be secured together for use as shown in FIG. 1. If the adjacent table tops are no longer required for use, then the connecting system permits the table tops to be disengaged and parted for subsequent transport and / or storage.
[0105]The connecting system comprises a male member 5 which is able to slidingly engage with a female receptacle 6. The male member 5 may be secured to the first table top 1, while the receptacle 6 may be associated with the second table top 2, so that the male member 5 can slide within the receptacle 6 to a position, shown in FIG. 3, at which the first and second table tops become secured together.
[0106]The male member 5 may carry a deflectable barb 7. The barb 7 may be moveable between a deflected condition, shown in FIG. 2, and a non-deflected condition, shown in FIG. 3.
[0107]In the def...
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A table top utilising an anchor affixed to the said table top and at least one leg to support the table top above a ground surface. The anchor is adapted to engage with the leg via a pivoting joint, such that the leg can pivot between an active position where leg is presented to engage with the ground to support the table top above the ground, and a stowed position wherein the leg is disposed to extend substantially adjacent (preferably parallel) to the lower surface of said table top. The leg is releasably retained in the stowed position by the interaction of a catch and receiver at a location distal from the pivoting joint.
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[0001]The present invention relates to an improved table and an improved connector system for securing adjacent tables together, and to related assemblies and sub-assemblies therefor.BACKGROUND[0002]It may be necessary to set out adjacent tables in different configurations for different types of events. For example, for student examinations it may be desirable to arrange adjacent tables in an elongate row so that the exam candidates are all facing the front of the room and cannot easily read each other's test papers. For a buffet meal it may be desirable to arrange adjacent tables in parallel rows, or in a dog-leg shape, in order to maximise the number of people who can simultaneously access the food served on the tables. For a seminar or symposium it may be desirable to arrange adjacent tables in a horse-shoe shape so that all of the participants can face and verbally / visually engage with one another.[0003]Where a number of adjacent tables are required in a particular configuration...
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IPC IPC(8): A47B3/08F16B12/26F16B12/38A47B87/00
CPCF16B12/26A47B3/08F16B12/38A47B87/002A47B2087/004A47B2003/0824A47B2003/0821
Inventor CAMERON, ANDREW DAVIDHWANG, HAN YOUNGBLATTMANN, LEE DAVID
Owner DESIGN IND PTY LTD